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I made a system image of my laptop. I want to restore my system to the state of that image. I followed the procedure described online on many places (i.e. advanced restart --> trouble shoot --> advanced options --> system image recovery/or any other option).
I then select my user name from the list of operating systems. Then I am asked to enter a password. My password is however not accepted.
This is the point where I am stuck. It won't accept my password and it is definitely correct (correct keyboard settings too/only English letter anyway).
I've read online that I'm not the only one who has run into this, but nowhere a real solution is offered.
Does anyone know how I can restore my system image (on external hard drive) another way? Or perhaps how I can make windows accept my password?
I am genuinely hopeless at this point.
As an alternative, would it be wise to simply drag and drop the copy of my old C-drive onto "This PC" thereby overwriting the current C-drive?
Edit: I read someone suggesting I activate the hidden admin account and from that account execute REAGENTC /BOOTTORE. Next restart and Windows should not ask for a password. Sadly it still does, so this does not work.
gebruiker
Posted 2018-10-10T17:54:47.680
Reputation: 111
does your account have local administrator rights? Is it a windows-live account? – Yorik – 2018-10-10T18:29:00.973
My laptop has only one account (so must be admin right?). Not a windows-live account – gebruiker – 2018-10-10T18:42:46.967
@gebruiker - You should enable the built-in Administrator, and verify, if your account is an Administrator. Local accounts are not typically an Administrator, and since your not sure it is, it likely isn’t – Ramhound – 2018-10-11T01:33:09.393
What password did you enter? Try the password you created when backing up the image. – Daisy Zhou – 2018-10-11T10:06:15.160
@DaisyZhou My password is Always the same (not very safe I know). So that password is the same as the one I entered. – gebruiker – 2018-10-11T12:57:25.357
"would it be wise to simply drag and drop the copy of my old C-drive onto "This PC" thereby overwriting the current C-drive?" - This would break your current installation. – Ramhound – 2018-10-23T22:26:03.647
@Ramhound The current installation is a factory reset. Would it restore my old installation? – gebruiker – 2018-10-24T10:16:57.990
@gebruiker - Would What restore your installation? Dragging and dropping files will break your installation. – Ramhound – 2018-10-24T15:04:58.667